These soft robots are actually part of a broader trend called "bio-inspired design." It includes soft robots, like the Octobot, and also flying and crawling robots, inspired by insects.

Microbot Medical has secured a non-dilutive NIS2.15m (around $630,000) grant from the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) to ...

These soft robots can perform a variety of well-controlled movements, including bending, expanding and twisting inside biological environments. They are designed to attach to tissues gently ...

In our latest Lexicon episode, we sit down with Professor Pietro Valdastri, a robotics and autonomous systems leader at the University of Leeds. We explored his team’s cutting-edge work on soft ...

Research from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Engineering could lead to stronger, longer-lasting soft medical ...

A dynamic silicone-based material enables pressure sensors that reshape, heal damage, and disassemble, offering new ...

Built for crawling, gripping, and morphing mid-task, this flexible robot sheet could transform soft robotics, and emergency response tech.

Report Scope: The report provides an overview of the global soft robotics market, analyzes market trends and delivers a qualitative analysis of the application landscape. The report provides ...

“Soft robots,” medical devices and implants, and next-generation drug delivery methods could soon be guided with magnetism—thanks to a metal-free magnetic gel developed by researchers at the ...

A team of scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed grain-sized soft robots that can be controlled using magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery ...

Effects of Prior Robot Experience, Speed, and Proximity on Psychosocial Reactions to a Soft Growing Robot. IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors, 2023; 1 DOI: 10.1080 ...